Shutterstock The ocean is filled with different currents, which keep the water cycling around the world. These currents don’t ...

In 2023, a study from Danish scientists offered a bleak “warning of a forthcoming collapse” of an important ocean current known as the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or AMOC. This was ...

In the 2004 film 'The Day After Tomorrow', most of Earth's northern hemisphere is smothered in a blanket of snow when Earth's system of ocean currents collapses. Although consigned to the world of sci ...

Tim Kalvelage is a freelance journalist in Bremen, Germany. His reporting was supported by the FRONTIERS journalism programme, which is funded by the European Research Council. The council, which also ...

Melting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Melting ...

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...

Previous AMOC studies relied on sea surface temperature data. A CTD rosette device measures the ocean’s conductivity, temperature, and depth by collecting water samples at varying depths, makingmodels ...

MONTEREY – “Our Oceans,” a new docuseries by Netflix, takes a deep dive into what’s just outside our backdoor – the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this fall, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened its doors for a ...

The slowdown of a major current in the Atlantic Ocean is boosting the sea level and associated flooding in the Northeast US, on top of the already-rising sea level due to climate change. A total ...